Lamp holder



July 10,1928. 1,677,072

` G.s.cLARK LAMP HOLDER Filed April 5, 192s 2 sheets-sheer 2 PatentedJuly 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE S. CLARK, F HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

LAMP ,HOLDER.

Appucaaon mea April 3, 192s. serial No. 99,622

My present invention has reference to an improved means for holding alamp -on a miners cap.

My object is the provision of Va simple,

' strong and effective clamp which is attached between the visor and thetop of the cap, to

engage the hook of the miners lampv in a manner to effectively preventwabbling or accidental disassociation of the lamp from l0 the cap sothat the rays of light from the lamp will be always properly directedata desired angle in a straight ahead path.

The improvement also consists in other novel features of construction,combination and operative association of elements, a satisfactoryembodiment of which is illusrated by the drawings which accompany andwhich :form part of this application.

ln the driiwingsz- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating theapplication of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof with the lamp removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line of Figure 2,showing the lamp in place. j

Figure l is a rear elevation of the im provement detached from the cap.j

Figure 5 is a `perspective view of the clamp. i .i

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1,

. illustrating a slight modification,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary'elevation of the improvement. j

Figure 8 is a sectional view Substantially similar to Figure 3.- i

Figure 9 is an elevation looking toward the rear of the improvement.

Figure 10 is a perspective View of a modied form of the clamp. y

In the drawingsv C indicates a miners cap aud D the visor thereof. Thecap is of the ordinary construction and is designed to have supportedthereon, in accordance with this invention, a miners lamp L. The lamphas its top at its rear provided with the usual hook 8.

Riveted to the front center of the visor D there is the angle end of alibre strip 1. The strip has its upper end terminating in a line withthe top of the cap C, and overlying this end of the strip, andprojecting in both directions therefrom there is a second strip 2 ofsimilar material. The strips 1 and 2 have riveted or otherwise securedto the outer faces thereof the rightangular arms 8 and 4 of a metalplate or bracket. The

plate 4 has its outer end rounded and extended inwardly, as at 5 to itsconnection with the plate. The rounded end 6 of the angle bracket iscentrally notched, as at 7.

Secured by the rivets'or analogous means that connect the plate or arm 4tothe strip 3 there is the fiat body portion 8 of the metal hookengaging clamp. The body 8 of the clamp has what may be termed` itsouter edge, formed with a downwardly extending flange 9 which extendsfrom one end kof the plate 8 and which terminates a suitable distancefrom the opposite end of the said plate. The flange V9, at its lastmentioned end is cut to align with the vlongitudinal plane of the plate8, and the. portion bounded by the eut is rounded to provide the saidflange with an inwardly directed spring tongue 10. The plate 8, frompoints adjacent tothe center thereof, is slitted from the inner edge ofthe said plate, and

formed on the ends of the plate, at the said Slitted portion thereofthere are inwardly directed jaws 11-11. The inner edges of the jaws arecontacted by the spring tongue 10 and the spring jaws 11 exert a tensiontoward each other. s The plate 4 of the angle bracket has an opening 12therethrough, that registers with a similar opening 13 in the strip 2and these openings, as disclosed by Figure 3` ofthe drawings, are`disposed directly opposite the jaws 11 and the spring tongue 10. Itwill beV apparent that when the hook has its beak passed through thesaid aligninor openings 11 and 12, the same will be frictionally engagedby the jaws 11, and likewise engaged by the .tongue 10, The tongue 1()fhrces the hook into tight engagement between the jaws and brings thebody portion ofthe hook into the notch 7 in the rounded end of the anglebracket. In this manner it will be seen that the lamp may be easilypositioned and firmly retained on the clamp and also that the lamp maybe readily removed when occasion requires.

The above description refers particularly to the construction disclosedin Figures 1 to 5 of the drawings, and in the remaining figures I haveillustrated a slight modification. similar to that disclosed andtherefore the parts constituting the same are designated by t-he samecharacters which indicate like parts in the foregoing figures. The outerfibre strip 14, which is attached to the visor The clamp and lampconstruction is l D, is not, in this instance, contacted by the upperlibre strip which is secured to the top of the cap C. The angle bracket16, however, is similar to that above described, the horizontal arm ofwhich is riveted to the cap and to the stri l5, while the vertical armthereof, is riveted or` otherwise secured to the strip 14. `Arrangedcentrally between the horizontal arm of the bracket 16 and the strip 15there is the body plate 1,7 of the clamp. This body plate is riveted jor otherwise ell'cctively secured `to the horizontal arm of the anglebracket 16. The plate 17 has on what I will term 'its outer edge, adownwardly extending flange 18. This flange has one of its ends disposedat a right angle to the longitudinal plane of the flange 18 `and forms aspring jaw 19. The body plate 17, at a point opposite the jaw 18,`isalso formed with a downwardly extending flange 2() that rovides thesecond jaw of the clamp. The jaws 18 and 19 are dis VJosed at inwardangles with respect to eacli other, that is, the said jaws are beveledor inclined from their upper to their lower edges. The strip 15 has itsouter edge i notched to receive the jaws 19 and 20 there y elements ofthe bracket 16.

The simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof, will itisthought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which suchinvention relates, when the foregoing description is read in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. it being noted that the spring jawseffec tively grip the sides of the hook while the Y tongue provided bythe flanges 9 or 18 eX- erts a tension upon the hook in a manner tocause the same to be tightly engaged between the jaws and llkewise tocantA the lamp L to bring the lower portion thereof into frictionalengagement with the strips 1 or 14 as clearly disclosed in Figures 1 to6 of the drawings.

Having desrribed claimz-n 1. A holder for the hook of a miners lamp,comprising an angle member {ixedly secured to the top and arranged atthe front of a miners cap, and having a notch at the juncture of thewalls thereof and the horizontal wall being provided with an opening inwhich the beak of the hook of the lamp is received prior to the saidhook being inserted in the notch, and a spring member tixedly secured tothe horizontal branch of the angle member and includil'lg angularlydisposed downwardly converging resilient inclined jaws, and a backportion which exerts a tension between the jaws for forcing the beak ofthe hook into fri."- tional contact with the jaws when the said beak isarranged in supported position.

2. In combination with a miners lamp having a hook thereon, means forholding the lamp to the cap of the miner, compris ing a substantiallyrightangular llat metal plate which is secured to the miners rap at thefront thereof and whose corner is rounded upon itself to provide a beadhaving a notch centrally thereof, a horizontal flange formed inward ofthe notch with an opening therein, said notch and opening being sopositionedv in relation to each other as to adapt them for the receptionof the hook of the lamp, a hook engaging Vclamp fixed to the horizontalflange comprising a the invention, I

rightangular member and formed with downwardly extending resilientspaced separately formed flanges which are in'lincd downward toward eachother, an arched spring'portion integrally formed with the rear of theclamp for exerting a tension toward the said flanges and whoseV loweredge is designed to contact with the heal: of the hook, to hold the samein frictional cngagernent between the downturned portions of the clamp.

In testimony whereof I aliix mv signature.

GEORGE S. CLARK.

